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Why do we need to be approved to subscribe to communities? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by guyman@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] hsl@wayfarershaven.eu 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There isn't an approval process to subscribe to communities - anyone with a Lemmy account can subscribe. What are you seeing that looks like you need approval?

There can be an approval process for signing up to an instance/server, though.

[–] ghashul@feddit.dk 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I search for a community that isn't on my local instance, I often get a "subscription pending" text, instead of it immediately changing to "joined".

[–] bakavic@latte.isnot.coffee 1 points 1 year ago

I noticed this too, but it feels more like a pull for the community is scheduled, and usually within minutes I’ll see in under my subscribed.